The Park Hotel in Diss has been at the centre of a row in recent weeks after plans emerged to replace asylum-seeking families who have been living there for two years with single males.

The announcement resulted in outrage and the bid was quickly thrown into chaos, with the hotel revealing it would close rather than allow the government to move the men in.

South Norfolk Council has been pushing for the bid to be withdrawn, and for the families to be allowed to stay, and has wielded planning enforcement powers in an attempt to shut........

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